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    Staphylococcal Virulence Factors

    The adherence of staphylococci to the unmodified or host factor-coated surface of a medical device is the first critical event in the establishment of a device-associated infection with these serious pathogens. S...

    Christine Heilmann, Friedrich Götz in Biomaterials Associated Infection (2013)

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    What Distinguishes Highly Pathogenic Staphylococci from Medium- and Non-pathogenic?

    Members of the genus Staphylococcus are widespread as commensals of humans and animals where they colonize the skin or mucous membranes. While this coexistence remains mostly untroubled, especially for the health...

    Ralf Rosenstein, Friedrich Götz in Between Pathogenicity and Commensalism (2013)

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    Molecular Basis of Catheter Associated Infections by Staphylococci

    Friedrich Götz, Christine Heilmann in Genes and Proteins Underlying Microbial Ur… (2002)

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    Modulation of the Polysaccharide Intercellular Adhesin (PIA) Expression in Biofilm Forming Staphylococcus Epidermidis

    Wilma Ziebuhr, Isabel Lößner, Shwan Rachid in Genes and Proteins Underlying Microbial Ur… (2002)

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    Structure and DNA-Sequence Analysis of the Staphylococcal Lantibiotics Epidermin and Gallidermin

    Lantibiotics are small, 19 to 34 amino acids long, polypeptides with antibacterial activity. A main feature of lantibiotics is the presence of several sulphide rings consisting of the unusual amino acids mesol...

    Friedrich Götz, Karl-Dieter Entian in Pathogenesis of Wound and Biomaterial-Asso… (1990)